Legal Opinion
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Jacobson
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 7, 1986No. 82 C 1648PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM T. HART, District Judge.
Defendants Walter Jacobson and CBS, Inc. move to vacate the judgment entered against them and to enter judgment in their favor notwithstanding the verdicts or, in the alternative, for a substantial remittitur of damages or a new trial.
The complaint upon which this case was tried was initially dismissed. On appeal it was upheld and the case was remanded for trial. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Jacobson, 713 F.2d 262 (7th Cir.1983). The Court of Appeals held that a television broadcast stating that advertising designed to attract…
2Cases cited68 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by10 opinions
- In Re Better Care, Ltd.United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1989
- BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee—Cross-Appellant, v. Walter JACOBSON and CBS, Inc., Defendants-Appellants—Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Flentye v. KathreinDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2007
- Piersall v. Sportsvision of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992
- Judson Atkinson Candies, Inc. v. Latini-Hohberger DhimantecDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2007
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